You wrote this so beautifully.. my preferred form of creativity has always been writing (mainly poems) but I also find solace and an unwinding in music, paper understands, the keyboard understands and so does the guitar and so, sometimes I sing. I used to be quite closed off to extending it to others but over the years, that has been changing and I've come to see that there's parts of us that can lift others up even when we gather pieces of ourselves and try to create something worth encountering..
It is a journey after all. Thank you for sharing :)
I love how you say this: "paper understands, the keyboard understands, and so does the guitar and so, sometimes I sing." This sense of conversation within creativity - that journey - is very relatable. Thank you for sharing!
Of course you can <3 your painting followed its own logic in this way, too. (And it's only after putting this Substack out there that I realized this is itself a metaphor for our art "drying" or "curing" before we carry it out - or does it also develop into its own self under the gaze of others?)
I really adore the way you write -- and your painting is breathtaking. This whole piece makes me want to go make art.
I'd say my chosen form of creativity is writing, and always has been, but I feel called to dabble in painting if only for myself (I've never been one to identify with being good at painting, but I also can't remember trying since childhood).
Amy, it's literally the BEST feedback to hear, that something I've made is generative for someone else - so thank you! And I can relate; painting came late to me. I've never loved arts-and-crafts and so as a kid I thought I was bad at "art" (but I was in love with a tray of crumbled oil pastels that I carried with me for decades - the saturated colour and the texture made me giddy). Turns out, when it's a form of expression, there's literally no way to be bad at it. Go for it!! And if you ever decide to share I'd love to see what you make <3
You wrote this so beautifully.. my preferred form of creativity has always been writing (mainly poems) but I also find solace and an unwinding in music, paper understands, the keyboard understands and so does the guitar and so, sometimes I sing. I used to be quite closed off to extending it to others but over the years, that has been changing and I've come to see that there's parts of us that can lift others up even when we gather pieces of ourselves and try to create something worth encountering..
It is a journey after all. Thank you for sharing :)
I love how you say this: "paper understands, the keyboard understands, and so does the guitar and so, sometimes I sing." This sense of conversation within creativity - that journey - is very relatable. Thank you for sharing!
I can respect a painting that takes many weeks to dry and become itself. ♥️
Of course you can <3 your painting followed its own logic in this way, too. (And it's only after putting this Substack out there that I realized this is itself a metaphor for our art "drying" or "curing" before we carry it out - or does it also develop into its own self under the gaze of others?)
I really adore the way you write -- and your painting is breathtaking. This whole piece makes me want to go make art.
I'd say my chosen form of creativity is writing, and always has been, but I feel called to dabble in painting if only for myself (I've never been one to identify with being good at painting, but I also can't remember trying since childhood).
Amy, it's literally the BEST feedback to hear, that something I've made is generative for someone else - so thank you! And I can relate; painting came late to me. I've never loved arts-and-crafts and so as a kid I thought I was bad at "art" (but I was in love with a tray of crumbled oil pastels that I carried with me for decades - the saturated colour and the texture made me giddy). Turns out, when it's a form of expression, there's literally no way to be bad at it. Go for it!! And if you ever decide to share I'd love to see what you make <3
Thank you so much 🥹 I love that mindset, I will definitely go for it! 👩🏼🎨
Gorgeous, as always!